This Jordanian startup is creating water out of thin air--and training a new generation of entrepreneurs

Aquaporo started in a lab at Jordan’s Royal Scientific Society, where students helped develop water harvesting technology to possibly alleviate Jordan’s water woes. Families in Jordan plan their day around water, scrambling to finish cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry before their water turns off. The unreliable water supply, which often flows for only 36 hours per week in urban areas, pushes Jordanians to purchase plastic tanks of water that they place on their roofs. Meanwhile, farmers r...